Word: kabul
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Five years after collapse of the Taliban, the streets of Kabul are typically clogged with land cruisers transporting foreigners or newly minted drug lords. Ordinary Afghans, however, still live much as they did before - with sewage flowing through open gutters at the side of the street, no running water and working electricity only about every two or three days...
...insist that "we are taking control on everything, the area has been calm since two months," residents of the city and its surroundings view things differently. Businesses have closed, and recent intense clashes between Taliban fighters and security forces have created a sense that the political order installed in Kabul after the Taliban's ouster may itself be about to collapse - under pressure from the resurgent Taliban insurgency and under the weight of its own dependence on local warlords...
...Documentary filmmaker Liz Mermin, director of “The Beauty Academy of Kabul” (see review, right) traveled all the way to Afghanistan to film the efforts of Beauty Without Borders, a group of American beauticians who have committed themselves to teaching the newly liberated women of Kabul to clip, snip, and crimp themselves to picture-perfection. Mermin spoke with The Crimson in a phone interview last week and will appear for a question and answer session at the opening of “The Beauty Academy of Kabul” at the Kendall Square Theatre, on Friday...
Perhaps the last thing post-Taliban Afghanistan needs is a beauty school. What difference can six American hairdressers make by teaching a group of burka-wearing Afghan women how to do their hair? But according to the new documentary “The Beauty Academy of Kabul,” women’s love of beauty transcends national boundaries and can be used as a successful development tool on the road to peace...
...torn city of Kabul, the beauty school is more than an anomaly. The six American volunteers comprising Beauty Without Borders—of whom three are Afghan-Americans retuning home for the first time in more than twenty years—take turns teaching the latest cutting, coloring, and perming techniques to their first class of aspiring Afghan women. Through exploring the personal stories of these Afghan women, the film provides a rare and welcoming glimpse into these lives that have been tarnished by decades of war and loss...